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A party might be a different thing, but when you are meeting one or two people, the expectation is that they will not leave you standing around on your own for
by megablast 16y ago
A party might be a different thing, but when you are meeting one or two people, the expectation is that they will not leave you standing around on your own for any length of time.
This is a sign of bad time management on top of rudeness.
I have known people who were continually late, so I would always tell them 30 minutes before I get there. Effective technique.
Things were worse before mobiles of course, I would wait for 10 minutes, and then head off. This was an accepted rule among my friends.
- _delirium 16y agoI dunno, in much of southern Europe it's certainly not expected that people will be there to the minute even for one-on-one meetings. Probably not an hour late in that case, but I don't think anybody would bat an eye if you had planned to meet at a coffee shop at 2:00 and someone showed up at 2:15. You'd just get a coffee and read a book or the paper or something. (Being exactly on time, and being angry if someone's 5 minutes late, is seen as a stereotypically "German" sort of thing.)
- Zev 16y ago15 minutes in a coffee shop is one thing. 45 minutes in an office is another.
- anatta 16y agoWhat about 45 minutes in a coffee shop?
- megablast 16y agoYes, I found that working with people from Italy, Spain, and Greece. They also use a similar flexibility for delivery dates of programming work, schedules etc... It is considered rude in Germany, Sweden and the UK. Taking a book when going to meet someone, is also considered a little rude, but understandable.
- eduardo_f 16y agoI'm from Spain (though I live in Chicago) and I have to agree. If you get mad at every Spaniard who is late to meetings... well maybe you should stop dealing with Spaniards at all. It's what it is, and it's going to be difficult to change it.